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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-05-06, Page 24n *Entertainment e Feature e Religion e Family e More GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. 1987 --PAGE 1A Isocal residents honored f Local teachers, student and members of , the community were among those honored for their contribution to secondary educa- tion at the second annual Excellence in Education Awards Banquet. The banquet, sponsored by the Huron . County Board of Education and the On- tario Secondary School Teachers Federa- tion ( OSSTF was held at the Holmesville. Community Hall on April 29. Special guests in attendance. included Provincial Agriculture Minister and Huron - Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell and guest speaker Rod Albert, president of the OSSTF. Goderich area winners were: BOB BARWICK A Grade 13 student, Barwich has con- tributed to many aspects of the co - curricular program at GDCI. He has played on the tennis team two years, quarterbacked the football team, run track, played soccer four years and basketball for five years, this year making the Huron All-Star team. He has performed in several drama pro- ductions and .a musical and has been a featured bass with the jazz choir that has been to national competitions twice. Also, Barwick has many church and community commitments. DARRYL BLACK Black was described by a team mate as the "smartest football player in the school'. As well1' as being an honors -stu- dent for five years,'he is on the Students • Council executive, played five 'years of football, five years of basketball and this year won MVP and Huron All-Star, co'm- peted in track and field and helped in many fundraising assemblies. He also pitches fora local softball team. a ` KATHLEEN DONNELLY As president of the Student's Council, . Donnelly has been involved in all special events for students at GDCI. With her • desire to make theschool a better place for all, she has made the most of the oppor- tunities available in .athletics,', student government and education. • She .was on the basketball team for four years, students council three years, did '. volunteer work with . the • Cancer Society r contri ution to school RY W11,1.1AM THOMAS and has been instrumental in many fun-. draising drives. She took advantage of a Rotary Club exchange and lived in Brazil for a year. BAIRD ROBINSON, Robinson has made a consistently large. contribution in.' music, sports and academics. He has been involved in GDCI music programs — intermediate, concert and stage bands, concert and jazz choirs ( for five years, bass soloist with the jazz choir which' has competed nationally and • I vocal quintent for two. •He has participated in track for four years and cross-country for three. He has been an honors student for five years and The second annual Excellence in Education Awards Banquet, spon- Darryl Black, Bob Barwick, Doug Bundy and John SmallWood. Iva sored by the Huron County Board of Education and the Ontario Wood teaches at Bluewater Secondary School. All others are Secondary School Teachers, Federation was held at Holmesville on teachers and students of Goderich District Collegiate lns itute. Ab - April 29. Goderich recipients of the awards were, from left: front, sent is community representative Barb Almasi. (photo y Patrick. Laura Wark, Iva Wood, Kathleen Donnelly; back, Baird Robinson, Raftis) district council of OSS'1while also' ed in Little -Theatre productions, and ran publicity for music boosters. IVA WOOD Wood is one of the founding teachers of Bluewater Secondary School, having 20 years • of teaching experience. She has developed individual • programming in Science -and Math. She is greatly involved with extracurricular activities, such as public speaking and science clubs. ' Community involvement includes • both church organizations and the Canadian Cancer Society. BARB ALMASI • Mrs. Almasi • is following in her son 'David's footsteps in receiving this award. This must prove that example wOrks both ways. She has been a, member of the Goderich Music Boosters for four years and presi- dent last year. She was the parent - chaperone to Bay City, Michigan and Expo '86, Vancouver. Through her, involvement' in music and sports, she is a role model to other parents and students 'for her 'organization and dedication both in fun- draising and support: She has worked in bake sales, car washes, bowl-a-thons and pizza sales. Recipients exemplify involvement and participation in secondary education at the local level. on the school Reach.team as well as being an exchange student to France for four. months. • LAURA WARK Wark is.. a highly involved student at GDCI. She has been an honors student for four years', as well as competing in public speaking for two years. In the music pro- gram, she has been in bands for four years, choirs for five; another member of gold standard jazz choir and jazz ensemble and was the mainstay in the fundraising for the Expo trip. Her enthusiasm and participation fuf ill the criteria for excellence in education. JOHN SMALLWOOD. Smallwood is a classroom teachers whose concern and interest in his students, is extraordinary. He has been teaching English for 17 years. and guidance for: three. His is the cross-country team coach, distance coach for track and field and a frequent winner of the local ,Terry Fox 10 kilometre run. • He is assisting in fundraising for the con- cert band trip to Harrogate, England and. - has .supervised the writing of a local history for visitors to Goderich. In his own words, he is also a "propagandist -for Canadian literature and culture in the face of overwhelming odds"., • DOUG BUNDY • Bundy is a dedicated teacher who con- A tributesto all aspects of the community. A teacher'for 24 years, he demonstrates ef- fective leadership by being editor of the school newsletter, head of science, on the • coaching the school curling teams: In the community, he served on the town tourist committee, ran for PUC, perforin - 'A' 'fir Ecology Day f on the environment An omen on opening day The noon day sun danced off the metallic backs of the centrefield seats causing the hitters to squint and tug their caps lower over their eyes. A fresh, war- ming spring' breeze blew in from right field setting a row of flashy coloured flags to snapping and chattering and the messages they spread to the thousands of expectant and boisterous fans was "Opening Day, Opening Day." Outfielders shagging fly balls lost the occasional hit in the background of a white puff of cloud that moved lazily across a bright blue sky. The excited banter of the crowd is broken only by the sharp slap of leather on leather or the solid crack of the bat on one more prac- tice pitch. Suddenly silence, rendered by a half dozen strokes of a whisk broom across home plate by a squat blue -suited umpire who as he rises stiffly from his bent position and screams: "Juego Bolce!." That of course was opening day at Simon Bolivar Stadium ip Caracas, Venezuela. • - In Toronto on April 6 we were• freezing our buns blue. It was overcast, threaten- ing rain and colder than Willie Upshaw's bat last year. It was so cold the warm, weak liquid they call beer and sell for $2.85 a dixie cup, was actuallya welcom- ed•treat at Exhibition Stadium.. Toronto is the only big leauge baseball city where the • standard spring apparel is a snowmobile suit over longjohns. But the umpire yelled play ball, the pit- cher pitched, the batter missed 'and the catcher caught that three inches in diameter dream pill we've come to call a baseball. It was opening day alright. But before the umpire hollered and the hurler hurled •and''the hitter swung and missed, I was staring out in right field and thinking .of the baseball, the five ounce orb with itssingle seam and 216 . stitches 'holding together the • horsehide cover. • • Call it mental telepathy or just bad timing but as the thought of horsehide hit my brain, a real horse, part of the open- ing day ceremonial honour guard pranc- ed out to right field and dropped a steamy load right where Jesse Barfield normally stands. ' It's true. It happened before the disbelieving eyes of 40,404 baseball fans and it's not something that is easily eras- ed from a mind that even in the most mundane circumstances is drawn to the unusual. When you come from Wainfleet horse dung is not something you point and giggle at — it's an ecomonic resource out here. . The crow.roared and gave the horse a bigger ovation than Bill Caudill ever got in that ball park. . Initially I hoped they'd leave it there for the duration of the game and we'd find out once and for all how agile Bar- field really is. Prepared for just such an act of de- fiance, four Blue Jay groundskeepers ran out from the warning track with two shovels, a broom and a green garbage bag. I didn't have my binoculars other- wise I'm sure 'T'd have spotted the word "Hefty" on the side of the bag. This horse hadn't missed many meals lately. When a horse,makes a bowel movement in right field on opening day at the ballpark, a number of things run through your 'mind. • Hearing the crowd hoot and holler and seeing the boys rush out to clean up the mess, I realized right away why horses• make such lousy house pets. • • I thoilght perhaps the horse was a Jay's fan and he was expressing his displeasure over •last year's dismal finish. Had that been the case he would not have chosen Jesse Barfield's position on which to leave his signature. Barfield hit 40 home runs last year. If he meant it as a messy'slap in the face of the Jays, the pitcher's mound or first base would have been the appropriate place. -I thought maybe it was just an unfor- • tunate accident. Sure, the • way my cat Malcolm sometimes mistakes my tennis shoes for his litter box. No, this was no accident. Suddenly the son shone. There was one brief shining moment when the cloud cover broke; it was the same moment that the horse broke stride with the rest' of the honour guard, "to stand on guard for thee." It was a moving moment — one split second of coincidence • that tells of wonderful things to come. It was as if the god of baseball (in conjunction with the god of good fertilizer) spoke to the Jays fans through the opposite end of a smil- ing equine. It was an auspicious opening salvo in the American East war. Three of 10 great things unfolded at a furious pace. Jimmy Key threw his first 1987 Strike while the boys with the green garbage bag were putting the twist tab on it behind right field and he never looked back, allowing only two runs on three hits. The Toronto fans behaved like lambs erasing the painful memory of last year's opening day in which a drunken spree spilled over onto the field and embar- rassed an entire city. And Jesse Barfield went two for four and started the season hitting .500. The pitchers pitched, the hitters hit and the Jays had their best opening day ever. They won walking away. No this was not a mess inr right field, it Turn to page 6m Victoria School students, from left: front, ,Tara Million, Amy Albrecht, Dana Lumbly; back Judy Horne, Tory Stark; work on a mobile for their project "Earth, our Horne," dur- ing -one of many Ecology Day activities at the school, April 29. (photo by Patrick Raftis) Victoria School Principal Bill Linfield, with his banjo, leads a group of students in singing ecology -related songs during the Ecology Day, held at the school, April 29. The stud ents rotated to, a variety of, different workshops and activities during, the special event. (photo by Patrick Raftis) • These Victoria School students may have been in out of the weather, hut they were busy designing raindrops during Ecology Day, held at the school, April 29. (photo by Patrick Raftis) 0